Historical Timeline Of Shakespeare’s Time
Feb 24, 2016
Historical TimelineOf Shakespeare’s Time
1492: Columbus sails the
ocean blue
1509 to 1547 Henry VIII Rules England
1558: Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England
1564
William Shakespeare is
born in Stratford
upon Avon,
England
Galileo is born in Pisa, Italy. Christopher Marlowe is born in Canterbury, England.
Michaelangelo dies at the age of 88.
Psst . . . Here’s some examples of
Michaelangelo’s work
1575: Young William enters the King’s New
School, a grammar school
1582: Shakespeare marries Anne
Hathaway. He’s 18 and
she’s 26.
1585:Twins Hamnet and Judith are born, named for neighbors
in Stratford
1588: Shakespeare begins to establish himself as an actor and
playwright. He joins the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, an acting
troupe.
1588:Sir Francis Drake defeats the Spanish Armada
1592: Shakespeare’s first play Henry VI, Part I debuts
at the Rose Theatre
1593:The Black Death, the bubonic
plague, sets in again, causing all
theatres to be closed
1594: The Nine Years’ War breaks out in
Ireland
1594: Romeo
and Juliet is performed for
the first time
1595: Sir Walter Raleigh sets sail for South
America in search of
gold
1596: Hamnet dies at age 11
1599:The Globe is built across
the Thames
River using wood
from The Theatre
1600: Hamlet debuts at the Globe
1603: Elizabeth I
dies, ending her 45 year reign, and
James I ascends the
throne
1606: Macbeth is performed at the Globe
1607: Jamestown Colony is founded in what is now
Virginia
1613: The
Globe burns down
during a performa
nce of Henry
VIII
1616: Shakespeare
dies at 52 years old on the same day he was born
– April 23
1620: Pilgrims set sail in the Mayflower and land in Plymouth, Massachusetts